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This Lenten season calls us for an experience that would help us
to remove the unwanted guilt that we carry for ages and God is
ready to remove those guilt’s.

Embrace the Comittment
Just as the Roman empire needed Judas to plot against
Jesus, in the present day context the government and the
powerful class use innocent people to plot against someone. At
times these innocent people fall into the trap of being victimized
during the elections. The political party that wishes to come
to power uses the emotions of innocent people. For example
the government promised to curb the black money from our
country and thus proposed Demonetization and GST to lift the
economy of the country which later resulted in many innocent
deaths & suicides. The government introduced a new education
policy for the admission of Medical students (NEET) promising
that many downtrodden would become doctors after few years,
but we witnessed the death of people like s like “Anitha” from
Dalit background. Similarly, Innocent people are used for
protest rallies as well as to provoke riots and violence. Many
look their lives to the ploy of the powerful.
Bribery has become a common tool to attract people to
do favors, to lure people to do any kind of unjust or heinous
crimes. Murders, bearing false witness, human trafficking,
smuggling abolished items and so on are some of the examples
to quote. While humans are vulnerable to the exploitative power
of Mammon, it is important to teach and practice resistance to
Mammon. Temporary and momentary joy should not supersede
the lasting joy in serving people and establishing justice. Instead
of using materials to serve people, today’s leaders use people to
acquire materials. In this paradoxical situation, can we motivate
and challenge people to throw away the 30 pieces of silver,
repent and lead a transformed life.

In our faith journey Judas is portrayed as an enemy to
Jesus. But actually there is also a Judas hiding within us. Let this
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Lenten Meditations Re - Imaging People